06-30-2011, 02:26 PM
Quote:When making such saddles for sale there is a tension between the customers wish for a saddle that will last forever and fit any horse or backside, and an accurate reconstruction using the correct materials.I couldn't agree more. I think there is a real tension between our modern need to demand durable material (after all, we pay a lot for it) while not taking into account that in Roman times, the design might well have been taking into account that something could have been replaced after a much shorter time.
take shoes for instances - I want mine to last for at least a number of years, while the design may only have been for a shoe that would just last for months.
What's beyond question is that it must be comfortable, which goes for shoes as well as saddles. If the design does not take that into account somehow, it must be altered.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
